JOHN Bailey celebrated as Kevan Shaw was left to reflect on what might have been after a dramatic end to yesterday's Swallow Hotels Waterloo final.

Bailey, a 26-year-old self employed gardener from Deganwy near Llandudno, became the first Welshman to win the sport's most famous prize when he pipped Shaw, of West- houghton, 21-20 in the gathering gloom.

Shaw, who had led 20-18 had one last wood to win the £3,000 first prize but saw it cannon off Bailey's righthand bowl and topple out to round off the longest Waterloo finals day in history.